Where does “Drogenmissbrauch” come from?
Drogenmissbrauch (German) comes from German dröge, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.
Drogenmissbrauch (German): drug abuse
Definitions
- drug abuse
Ancestry of “Drogenmissbrauch”, step by step
Drogenmissbrauch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dröge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dröge | dry; dull; boring; humdrum |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via German Mißbrauch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mißbrauch | abuse, cruel treatment not in the sense of “verbal abuse, insult” |